Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Cladus: Craniata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Megaclassis: Osteichthyes
Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii
Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri
Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii
Infraclassis: Teleostei
Megacohors: Osteoglossocephalai
Supercohors: Clupeocephala
Cohors: Euteleosteomorpha
Subcohors/Superordo: Protacanthopterygii
Ordo: Argentiniformes
Subordo: Argentinoidei
Superfamilia: Alepocephaloidea
Familia: Alepocephalidae
Genera: Alepocephalus - Asquamiceps - Aulastomatomorpha - Bajacalifornia - Bathylaco - Bathyprion - Bathytroctes - Conocara - Einara - Herwigia - Leptoderma - Microphotolepis - Mirognathus - Narcetes - Photostylus - Rinoctes - Rouleina - Talismania - Xenodermichthys
References
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2006. FishBase, version (02/2006). [1]
Vernacular names
Deutsch: Schwarzköpfe
English: Slickheads
magyar: Tarfejűhalfélék
lietuvių: Švelniagalvinės
Slickheads or nakedheads are a family, Alepocephalidae, of deep-water fishes, most common below 1,000 metres (3,300 ft).[1] They get their name from the lack of scales on the head. Similarly, the scientific name is from the Greek ᾰ̓- (a-, "not"); λέπος (lepos, "scale"); and κεφαλή (kephalē, "head"). It's mouth consist of 80 to 100 razor sharp teeth, and It has about nineteen genera with ca. 95 species.[2] Some species bear photophores.[2] In Japanese they are known as Sekitori Iwashi (関取鰯, "Massive Sardine").[3]
References
McEachran, J.; Fechhelm, J.D. (1998). Fishes of the Gulf of Mexico, Vol. 1: Myxiniformes to Gasterosteiformes. Fishes of the Gulf of Mexico. Austin: University of Texas Press. p. 381. ISBN 978-0-292-75206-1. OCLC 38468784. Retrieved 12 July 2021.
Nelson, Joseph S., Terry C. Grande, and Mark V.H. Wilson (2016). Fishes of the World. John Wiley & Sons. pp. 173–174.
Fujiwara, Yoshihiro; Kawato, Masaru; Poulsen, Jan Yde; Ida, Hitoshi; Chikaraishi, Yoshito; Ohkouchi, Naohiko; Oguri, Kazumasa; Gotoh, Shinpei; Ozawa, Genki; Tanaka, Sho; Miya, Masaki (2021-01-25). "Discovery of a colossal slickhead (Alepocephaliformes: Alepocephalidae): an active-swimming top predator in the deep waters of Suruga Bay, Japan". Scientific Reports. 11 (1): 2490. doi:10.1038/s41598-020-80203-6. ISSN 2045-2322.
R. Betancur-Rodriguez, E. Wiley, N. Bailly, A. Acero, M. Miya, G. Lecointre, G. Ortí: Phylogenetic Classification of Bony Fishes – Version 4 (2016)
Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2013). "Alepocephalidae" in FishBase. October 2013 version.
"Alepocephalidae". Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
Tony Ayling & Geoffrey Cox, Collins Guide to the Sea Fishes of New Zealand, (William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1982) ISBN 0-00-216987-8
Byrkjedal, I., Poulsen, J.Y., & Galbraith, J. (2011). "Leptodermua macrophthalmum n.sp., a new species of smooth-head (Otocephala: Alepocephalidae) from the Mid Atlantic Ridge." Zootaxa 2876: 49–56.
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